What License Applies to Project Fika and What Does It Allow?

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Project Fika is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. In practice, that means you may share and build on Fika only if you give proper credit, keep the use non-commercial, and distribute any derivatives under the same license. The project also adds specific restrictions: no monetizing servers through payments or donations, no hosting massive public servers, and no reuse of handcrafted art assets without the creator's permission.

The Base License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

The license combines four conditions:

Element Meaning for Fika
BY (Attribution) You must give proper credit to Project Fika when sharing or creating derivatives.
NC (Non-Commercial) You may not use Fika or its derivatives for commercial purposes.
SA (ShareAlike) Derivatives must be shared under the same license terms.
4.0 This is the version of the Creative Commons license that applies.

So the general rule is: share and adapt freely, but credit the project, stay non-commercial, and keep the same license on anything you build from it.

Project-Specific Restrictions

Beyond the standard CC terms, the wiki lists rules that apply directly to how Fika is hosted and used:

  • No monetization of servers. You may not monetize your server in terms of payments or donations.
  • No massive public servers. Fika is meant for co-op play with your friends, not for running large public servers.
  • No reuse of handcrafted art assets. Art assets made by Fika's developers and artists may not be used without permission from the creator.

These restrictions matter most if you are thinking about running a community server or repackaging Fika content. A private co-op setup with friends fits the intended use; a donation-funded public server does not.

What This Means in Practice

  • Sharing a modified version of Fika: allowed with proper credits, non-commercial use, and the same license on your version.
  • Running a server for you and your friends: consistent with the stated co-op purpose.
  • Accepting donations or payments for your server: not allowed.
  • Hosting a large public server: not allowed.
  • Using Fika's handcrafted art in your own project: requires permission from the creator.

Where to Confirm Details

The license section is on the wiki home page at wiki.project-fika.com. For questions about Fika itself, the project directs users to its Discord server rather than to SPT support — the wiki explicitly asks users not to contact SPT for Fika-related questions.